on Mr. Ray'j Synopfes Sttrfi. Brtt. 233 



pericarps rotundis^ J. B. which thoVyou are pleas'd 

 to make the fame with the Gram. junc. marit. Lob. I 

 cannot eafily obtain with my felf a Compliance here- 

 in, but do rather accept it as the Juncus acutus Cam- 

 bro- Britannic. Park, and which I take to be a true 

 and genuine Rujb^ as you molt truly have obferv'd. 

 But unto this you are pleas'd to apply the June. Cam- 

 brobr. Park, (b. e.) Gr.junc. maritim. Lob. whofe Icon 

 of it (and indeed fo do thofe of all other Authors) 

 agrees exa&ly with our Mofs-Rujh^ the Capfules 

 whereof are fomewhat elongated and pinch'd in to- 

 wards the Top, refembling more a Cone than a Globe^ 

 the Capfules of the former being more accurately 

 round, according as its Name imports. 



Page 213. I muft here beg Leave to excufe the 

 celebrious Dr. Herman, who in Cat. Hort. Acad.Ludg* 

 with good Reafoil feparates the Abies conis fur sum fpe- 

 Uantibus. S. Mas, C. B. P. Taxifoliis, from the Abies 

 alba S. Fcem. 'ejujd. C. B. P. And indeed this Male- 

 Kind does in nothing differ (as I could obferve froni 

 the fhort Specimen (and 'twas all that he had) I re- 

 fceiv'd from that ingenious and worthy Gentleman 

 DwTancr. Robin/on, who gather'd it in fome noted 

 Garden there, and brought it over into England^ 

 when with the prefent Marchionefs of Winchefier 

 he laft came out of Holland $) I fay, from what I 

 could obferve, it does nothing differ from the Fe- 

 male, but in the Colour of its pectinated Leaves^ 

 which in our Pattern are green on both Sides $ id 

 this, of a Silver and gaudy Hue underneath : And per- 

 haps from this lovely Gaiety of its Silver Colour, it 

 might at firft challenge to it felf the Annex of Fe- 

 male, fince Men are generally apt to appropriate the 

 hioft amiably and lovely, and indeed the mo it excel- 

 lent of every Kind^ to the more elegant Sex, as we fee 

 the more mafculine Arts and Sciences are Feminine in 

 their Names, and by an univerfal Suffrage fubmitted 

 to the Dominion of the Mufe. 



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